Recent months have seen several reports of funding cuts and visa withdrawals leaving Afghan women at risk of deportation to ...

We urge the United Nations to bring Afghan women to the negotiating table, to be their own advocates and create their own ...

The Taliban's morality police -- some 3,300 officers vested by the regime to enforce its so-called "Propagation of Virtue and ...

Rifts are growing among Taliban officials over the group's decision to ban girls from secondary education, leading at least ...

She's a young woman who has zero chance of pursuing a college degree in Afghanistan. That's because in December 2022 the ...

Afghanistan remains the only country where women and girls are banned from secondary and higher education. The Taliban government originally suggested the prohibition would be temporary ...

Although Afghan women and girls have made strides in education, the economy, health care, politics, and broader civil society since the 2001 U.S.-led intervention, these advances remain fragile.

This program encourages women to continue their education despite the restrictions they face. Five years ago, when the United States suddenly pulled out of Afghanistan, the country was thrown into ...

A funding pledge from the International Cricket Council (ICC) has given Afghanistan's exiled women cricketers hope of recognition and the chance to play on the international stage in defiance of the ...

Last week, my friend Shabana invited me to a small gathering of friends in her house. These parties, small gatherings, are the only option that remains for women in Afghanistan to have a little ...

Girls in Afghanistan have already endured extreme restrictions and bans on their education over the last four years, said Sahar Fetrat, researcher at the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights ...